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Patented Oct 19, 1937 PATENT OFFICE 2,096,410 CONTAINER Joachim Siegert,Dresden, Germany Application February 26, 1936,, Serial No. 65,865

In Germany December 10, 1934 12 Claims. I32'-79) 'I'lns'inventionrelates to a container adapted for instance for cosmetics like perfume,face I powder, soap, or for keeping therein chalk, colophony, coloredpencils, etc. 1 1

The I containers hitherto used for keeping articlesof the kind mentionedwere provided with 'covers, and it was therefore necessary to employboth hands to open the container and remove a portion of its contents.This method is quite bothersome. and, furthermore, open to theobjectionthat during the removal of a portion of the contents parts thereofdropped over the edge of I the container and frequently soiled otherarticles. The invention eliminates these drawbacks by providing acontainerwhich can be opened and closed with one handv and which whenopened fully exposes the article kept therein. The .container preferablycomprises a casing and folding means acting upon the casing so as toplace it around the object during closing of the container. Levers orother suitable means may be provided for winding the encasing, materialaround the object, and theyconstruction may be such that the levers orother means are for instance jointly -brought by hand into openingposition against the action of a spring.

According to the invention, the container can be particularlyadvantageously constructedin the form of a flower whose petalsconstitute the Walls 'fiof the container and can be turned up or, down.

In opened position the petals form a protective guard for catching.portions of the contents, such as powder particles, dropping out of thecontainer. The inside of the flower serves for holding a per- 35 fumereceptacle, a powder box with puff, etc., and

one of the petals may be constructed so as to have 1 a mirror on itsinside. The petals are carried by a plate or by closing leversarticulated to the calyx and passing into closing position by spring Y40 action, whereas the drive for the levers comprises a springy pressingplate arranged in a handle and connected at its ends with the closinglevers by means of 'a, drawing device, or the closing levers areprovided with drawing means passing through 5 the calyx and, on beingactuated, bringing the f petals into opening position.

It is further possible to construct a flower-like container so thatperfume is emitted by a receptacle disposed in the blossom when theactuating g 50 device is depressed.

By way of example, several embodiments of the invention are illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a section of theclosed container; Fig. 2, a section of the opened 55 container; Fig. 3,a bottom view of Fig. 1; Fig. 4,

a View of a container constructed in the form of a flower; Fig. 5, asection of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a section of theopened container according toFig. 4; Fig. '7,

a section of another form of container; Fig. 8, a section. of the openedcontainer according to Fig. 5 '7; Fig. 9, a section of still anotherform of container; Fig. 10, a detail view of Figs. 7 to 9; and Fig. 11,a partial top view of the driving mechanism for the container shown inFigs. 4 to G.

Referring to the drawings, l is a piece of 0010- 10 phony, chalk, etc.which in the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to,3 is covered by a cloth 2and pasted or glued thereto with its bottom. The cloth 2 and the articleI are firmly arranged on a carrying plate 3 of the holding device whichon 15 its underside is fitted with the bearings A for the levers 5 whichembrace the article I and whose ends are suitably connected with thecloth 2. The levers 5 are disposed on the journals 6 and bent back belowthe plate 3 to form the eye 1, 20 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This eye 7is provided with a rigid ring 8 the diameter of which is somewhat largerthan the distance between the opposite bearings 4 and which possessesthe handle 9. I 0. are springs placed around the journals 6 25 andhaving the tendency to bring the levers 5 into closing position.

The device functions as follows:

When the holding device is in the position according to Fig. 1, thearticle I will be fully covered by the cloth 2. If the article, such ascolophony, is to be used, the forefinger and the middle finger of onehand grasp the two handles 9 of the ring 8. By exerting pressure withthe thumb on the plate 3 the latter is lifted ofi from the ring 8, sothat, owing to lever action, the levers 5 are brought into openingposition, as indicated in Fig. 2, against the action of the spring Ill.The cloth 2 is now spread apart and catches the colophony dust producedfor instance by passing the colophony over the strings of a bow.

In the construction according to Figs. 4 to 6 and 11 the containerserves as powder box and has the shape of a flower, such as a rose. Thepetals H are arranged on the closing levers [2 which, as shown in Fig.11, are movably disposed on the shafts l3 in the calyx l4 provided witha guide 15 which is open also below and through which chains, cords,etc. l6 united to form a drawing device are passed.

Below each bearing of a closing lever l2 the calyx l4 possesses anopening I! for passing the drawing means Hi to the outside where it isactuated. The spring IS on the shaft 13 tends always to place theclosing levers l2 into closing position. By pulling the drawing means I6the closing levers I2 are moved outwardly in the direction of the arrowshown in Fig. 5, so that the petals II are spread. During the spreadingmotion of the petals II the powder box 20 with its pufi 2| carried onthe calyx I4 by the holders I9 is exposed, and the device is ready foruse. When the drawing means I6 are released, the petals II, owing to theaction of the springs I8, pass again into closing position according toFig. 4.

The construction according to Figs. '7 to 10 shows a container alsointended for keeping face powder, face paint, perfume, etc., andprovided with a carrying plate 22 serving also as receptacle for thepowder 23. 24 is the pufl. On the underside of the carrying plate 22 ahandle 25 is provided having on both sides elastic pressing plates 26.On the shafts I3 arranged on the carrying plate 22 the closing levers I2are disposed and surrounded by the petals I I, as indicated in Fig. 10.Approximately in the center of the carrying plate 22 the tension springs27 are arranged which in the manner indicated in Fig. 10 pass over theshaft I3 and engage the closing levers I2 so as to draw them intoclosing position. The shaft I3 has further wound thereon the draw chain28 which is connected with the ends of the pressing plate 26, as shownin Fig. 7. If the plates 26 are pressed out of the position shown inFig. '7 and into the position according to Fig. 8, the chains 28 willunwind from the shafts I3 which are turned so that the closing levers I2with the petals II move outwardly and expose the powder box.

The carrying plate 22 may further be provided with the stamens 29, andthe handle 25, as shown inFig. 9, may contain a perfume receptacle 30formed of rubber or other suitable material, which during compression ofthe plates 26 is compressed also to emit perfume through the opening 3Iwhile, simultaneously, the flower opens.

Instead of the closing and opening means described other suitabledevices can be' employed, and the container may serve for keeping allsorts of material besides those mentioned without departing from thescope of the invention.

I claim:-

l. A container, comprising a casing forming the walls thereof andsurrounding the object contained therein on all sides and meansconstructed as carrying handle for the container and adapted to beoperated by one hand for opening and clostion forming a protective guardfor catching portions of the contents dropping out of the container.

2. A container according to claim 1, wherein the casing is formed of aplurality of parts, comprising supporting means for the contents, leversfor supporting the parts of the casing and articulated to saidsupporting means and'a joint control member for all levers, said controlmember forming the carrying handle.

3. In a container according to claim 1 springs for placing the casing inclosing position wherein the contents are embraced on all sides by thecasing.

4. A container, comprising supporting means for the contents, partsshaped like petals and arranged on said supporting means to form acasing for the contents, an actuating device for the petalsformed ascalyx and operable by one hand, said device serving also as handle forthe container, and springs for returning the petals to closing position.

5. A container according to claim '4, wherein the supporting means forthe contents is conthe actuating device for the petals is constructed 710. A container, comprising supporting means for the contentsconstructed as the lower portion of a flower, petals articulated to thesupporting means, closing levers for carrying the petals and embracingthe contents, springs for bringing the closing levers into'closingposition, an actuating device forming the calyx of the flower andserving also as handle and means for connecting the closing levers withthe actuating device.

11. In a'container according to claim 10 pressing plates forming theactuating device and drawing devices forming the connecting means.

12. A container according to claim 10, wherein one of the petals isconstructed as mirror on its inside.

JOACHIM SIEGERT.

